Hope Defined

Book excerpt: An outcast. An ancient war. A waiting destiny. Hope Casey is the girl everyone loves to hate. A weird outcast more in love with her astrophysics than clothes and parties. She hides in the school library to survive. Until Hope realizes her gift for physics flows from an alternate universe. A powerful, supernatural girl lives on the other side of space, who looks exactly like Hope. She is real -- Dinah. Hope plans to compete for the school's highest award. But her amazing physics draw the wrath of the school's preeminent honors queen Caitlin Crawford. Caitlin intends to win the top honor and will not allow a nobody like Hope to upstage her. Let the epic takedown wars begin. Hope's enemy, Caitlin concocts a vicious scheme, Operation Solve Hopeless Case, unleashing Hope's enemies against her. All to destroy Hope's science dreams, girls around school ensnare her in a vicious nightmare. On the other side of space lives an ancient race of beings, where Dinah feels and sees Hope's terror. And Dinah's questions about the suffering girl on Earth land her in deep trouble. Now these two girls in mirror universes embark on their shared path, unveiling an ancient war that begs for one savior. Enjoy this different flavor of science fiction adventure in which Harry Potter meets Mean Girls.